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Characteristic Nonimmigrants, no. (%)
n = 3 171 110Immigrants, no. (%)
n = 914 372Age group, yr 0-4 544 938 (17.2) 186 770 (20.4) 5-9 565 129 (17.8) 186 052 (20.3) 10-14 613 955 (19.4) 191 901 (21.0) 15-19 719 693 (22.7) 178 666 (19.5) 20-24 727 395 (22.9) 170 983 (18.7) Sex Female 1 547 106 (48.8) 445 381 (48.7) Male 1 624 004 (51.2) 468 991 (51.3) Neighbourhood income quintile Q1 (lowest) 563 314 (17.8) 268 317 (29.3) Q2 571 014 (18.0) 199 314 (21.8) Q3 625 353 (19.7) 183 429 (20.1) Q4 698 687 (22.0) 160 234 (17.5) Q5 (highest) 712 742 (22.5) 103 078 (11.3) Rurality Urban 2 731 160 (86.1) 903 371 (98.8) Rural 439 950 (13.9) 11 001 (1.2) - Table 2: Unintentional injury-related emergency department visits, hospital admissions and deaths by immigrant status, 2008-2012
Characteristic Emergency department visits Hospital admissions Deaths Immigrants Nonimmigrants Immigrants Nonimmigrants Immigrants Nonimmigrants n Rate
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100 000 populationn Rate
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100 000 populationAge group, yr 0-4 71 791 7754.4 307 481 11 288.5 1702 183.8 6653 244.2 30 3.2 184 6.7 5-9 54 354 5827.5 273 305 9637.1 1450 155.4 5781 203.8 14 1.5 60 2.1 10-14 62 561 6542.3 450 183 14 538.9 1207 126.1 6837 220.7 16 1.7 115 3.7 15-19 61 219 6794.2 569 594 15 940.5 1879 208.8 14 664 410.4 83 9.2 738 20.6 20-24 57 815 6895.1 495 019 13 587.1 1754 209.3 12 898 354.0 165 19.7 1140 31.3 Sex Female 117 063 5201.2 843 147 10 869 2948 133.0 17 647 225.0 88 4.2 613 7.6 Male 190 677 8210.0 1 252 435 15 311 5044 219.7 29 186 353.6 220 10.6 1624 19.1 Neighbourhood income quintile Q1 (lowest) 87 203 6508.3 408 717 14 407.9 2550 192.4 9858 341.0 112 9.0 606 20.0 Q2 63 893 6418.4 394 427 13 693.9 1748 178.4 8768 299.4 65 7.3 411 13.3 Q3 60 562 6615.2 410 798 13 055.1 1513 167.2 8989 283.0 56 7.0 403 12.4 Q4 57 083 7129.9 444 584 12 700.7 1332 169.1 9568 272.2 53 7.7 422 12.0 Q5 (highest) 38 999 7508.3 43 7056 12 124.3 849 164.7 9650 265.7 22 4.8 395 10.6 Rurality Urban 300 162 6650.2 1 667 436 12 146.5 7853 176.2 38 255 275.8 298 7.3 1698 11.8 Rural 7578 13 652.5 428 146 19 218.8 139 257.3 8578 383.1 10 18.7 539 23.7 - Table 3: Rate ratios of unintentional injuries for children and youth ages 0-24 years by immigration status, 2011-2012
Immigration status Overall adjusted* model
RR (95% CI)Immigrants 0.56 (0.54-0.59) Nonimmigrants Reference Age group, yr 0-4 1.23 (1.16-1.31) 0.91 (0.87-0.95) 5-9 0.92 (0.87-1.00) 0.80 (0.76-0.84) 10-14 1.05 (0.98-1.12) 1.23 (1.18-1.28) 15-19 1.02 (0.95-1.09) 1.22 (1.17-1.27) 20-24 Reference Reference Sex Male 1.51 (1.45-1.58) 1.37 (1.34-1.41) Female Reference Reference Neighbourhood income quintile Q1 (lowest) 0.88 (0.82-0.94) 1.13 (1.08-1.18) Q2 0.86 (0.80-0.92) 1.10 (1.05-1.15) Q3 0.89 (0.83-0.95) 1.07 (1.02-1.12) Q4 0.95 (0.89-1.02) 1.05 (1.01-1.09) Q5 (highest) Reference Reference Rurality Rural 1.98 (1.74-2.25) 1.58 (1.53-1.64) Urban Reference Reference Note: CI = confidence interval, RR = rate ratio.
*Adjusted for age, sex, neighbourhood income quintile and rurality.
- Table 4: Adjusted rate ratios and crude rates of cause-specific unintentional injury-related emergency department visits, hospital admissions and deaths in children and youth ages 0-24 years by immigration status, annualized 2008-2012
Cause of injury Adjusted* RR (95% CI)
(Reference = nonimmigrants)Crude injury rate per 100 000 immigrants Crude injury rate per 100 000 nonimmigrants Fall 0.60 (0.58-0.62) 2108.6 3574.9 Struck by/against 0.48 (0.45-0.51) 1347.6 3069.3 Overexertion 0.59 (0.54-0.64) 568.4 1104.2 Cut/pierce 0.47 (0.44-0.50) 372.9 917.5 Natural/environmental 0.40 (0.37-0.44) 183.0 511.9 Other bicycle
(Non-motor vehicle collision)0.53 (0.48-0.58) 165.8 327.8 Poisoning 0.61 (0.57-0.65) 136.6 230.6 Motor vehicle traffic 0.73 (0.69-0.77) 308.5 468.4 Hot object/scald 0.71 (0.64-0.78) 88.5 132.0 Fire/flame 0.39 (0.32,0.46) 12.4 40.5 Other pedestrian
(Non-motor vehicle collision)0.74 (0.63-0.86) 10.3 15.9 Machinery 0.55 (0.47-0.64) 17.2 40.7 Suffocation 0.68 (0.54-0.84) 5.5 8.2 Other land transport 0.23 (0.19-0.26) 36.6 230.8 Drowning 0.69 (0.53-0.91) 2.9 4.0 Firearm 0.43 (0.33-0.56) 3.3 7.1 Other or not specified 0.64 (0.61-0.68) 1335.9 2257.2 Note: CI = confidence interval, RR = rate ratio.
*Adjusted for age, sex, income and rurality, 2011-2012 data only for model.